Rapidly changing student expectations are driving a need for increasingly innovative technology systems in higher education. This quantitative research study evaluated the problem of understanding ways to effectively drive adoption of innovative technology within higher education. Emotional intelligence was researched and analyzed as a possible…

COVID-19 caused a worldwide education crisis. Schools were forced to close, teachers and parents had little time to prepare, and students were required to learn from home. The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' perceptions of usefulness and ease of use in adopting technology in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and what support or…

The purpose of this?qualitative,?embedded single?case study?was to?provide a rich description and explore?the unique development?and evolution?of preservice teachers'?intention to use and actual use of technology-enabled learning?(TEL)?during?student teaching and?first-year?teaching. The study followed four middle level education majors at a…

Mobile learning is a rapidly growing field in education that has gained increasing worldwide attention in recent years due to the widespread availability of mobile devices and their potential to enhance learning experiences. In Saudi Arabia, higher education institutions have explored the use of mobile learning to support teaching and learning,…

The purpose of this concurrent mixed methods action research study was to investigate the impact of new technology-enhanced Dual Enrollment (DE) math courses on students' perception of college courses, the influence the technology-enhanced DE had on students' intention of going to college, and the students' perception of the technology-enhanced DE…

The shift to emergency remote teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 forced educators across the globe to heavily rely on technology for the continuity of teaching and learning. As educators return to face-to-face instruction with increased access and expectations to implement technology in their classrooms, it is important to…

Districts and schools are spending millions of dollars on technology, training, and professional development each year; however, a disconnect between technology use and good pedagogy remains. The one-shot, sit-and-get professional development model has not provided CrossRoads Intermediate School's teachers the necessary skills and knowledge to…

The COVID-19 epidemic has altered the educational technology landscape and made Web 2.0 tools' potential for online instruction more apparent. This study uses the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB) paradigm to examine teachers' perceptions of Web 2.0 tools and online learning. The study aims to investigate and advance the expanding body…

There is a lack of sufficient, in-depth understanding on how secondary teachers are experiencing m-learning tools in secondary classrooms. This qualitative research explored the impact of the m-learning tools on teachers in secondary classrooms. The framework that guided this study included the following theories: appraisal theory and…

Augmented reality (AR) is one of the most prominent emerging technologies in the educational environment in the world and especially in the educational system in Saudi Arabia. The Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia claims to have enabled the use of AR and anticipates it to be utilized for educational purposes in public education, but not all…

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education on a global scale and forced schools to utilize emergency remote teaching. The mandatory use of instructional technology during this period both revealed and exacerbated the divide between teachers who embrace classroom technology and those who resist it. This study examined the attitudes of K-12 teachers…

Elementary teachers around the world were recently faced with transitioning to hybrid or virtual teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a situation that teachers had never been in before and one in which they had not been trained. Due to the availability of educational technology, teachers were able to adopt new programs, often having to…

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) present enormous opportunity for potential learners, especially those in developing countries who may be lacking access to quality higher education. However, participation in MOOCs is still significantly low among those in developing countries, while those in developed countries are continually being…

Learning management systems (LMS) are one of the most used educational technologies in higher education. It has been argued that LMSs have not reached their full potential since most are used for distributing materials, not for improving interaction and communications in classes. To better understand what influences LMS tool use, this study used…

Dialogue act (DA) classification plays an important role in understanding, interpreting and modeling dialogue. Dialogue acts (DAs) represent the intended meaning of an utterance, which is associated with the illocutionary force (or the speaker's intention), such as greetings, questions, requests, statements, and agreements. In natural language…